-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:22 PM, NeonGraal wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEAREKAAYFAkl2bTwACgkQvpDo5Pfl1oJPmACfaAbslKFWIXm2PVDC23ezXwcA vWkAnjK+6Rj0WYvjTDLllgcxasoF+rUc =Hrf0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Ashley Yakeley wrote: >> >> There has been a lot of spam on HaskellWiki. Since anonymous edits have >> been switched off, a spammer tactic has been to create hundreds of >> accounts to evade individual account blocks. >> >> To combat this, I have >> 1. deleted all user accounts that have made no edits; >> 2. switched off account creation; >> 3. blocked at least some of the remaining spam accounts. >> >> This is obviously not ideal, as there is now no way for new users to >> edit the wiki. I will investigate appropriate ways to allow account >> creation. >> >> -- >> Ashley Yakeley >> > > Darn, > > As someone who only maintained a Wiki account to customize the Look and feel > of the wiki, I did wonder where my account had gone. > > It would be nice if there was a comment to this effect on the Login / > <strike>Registration</strike> page of the Wiki. > > Also another possible solution (if it's possible) would be to allow general > creation of read-only accounts and then have a manual / moderated process > for upgrading accounts to read-write. > > TTFN, Struan Probably not. I've never heard of MediaWiki supporting read-only accounts (without abusing methods like blocking, obviously). -- gwern _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
